Toy cannon



(No Model.) G. W. NASH.

I TOY CANNON. No. 410,433. Patented Sept. 3, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE IV. NASH, OF CHELSEA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO E. N. HUNT, OFREADING, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOY CANN/ON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0.4.1O,433, datedSeptember 3, 1889. Application filed January 22, 1889. Serial No.297,118. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. NASH, of Chelsea, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Toy Cannon, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide an improved toy cannonadapted to hold firecrackers while the same are being exploded; and itconsists in the construction which I will now proceed to describe andclaim.

Of the accompanying drawings, &c., Figure 1 represents a longitudinalsection of my improved toy cannon. Fig. 2 represents a rear view of thesame, the breech-block being swung aside.

The same letters of reference designate the same parts or features inall the accompany.- ing drawings.

In the drawings, or represents the barrel, on the rear end of which is adownwardly-projecting lug or flange 1), formed at right angles with thebarrel, the rear surface of said flange and the rear end of the barrelbeing flush with each other.

0 represents the breech block and trail formed in a single piece, whichhas a flat face formed to bear closely against the rear end of thebarrel and the rear surface of the flange b, said surface being groundsmooth and even so that when held closely together they make a tightjoint. The breech-block and trail is pivotally connected to the flange bby a screw (Z, having a head d, which bears against the front side ofthe flange. Said screw is arranged at such a distance below the barrelthat the breech-block, when turned to the position shown, in Fig. 2,will uncover the barrel and permit the insertion of a firecracker in therear end thereof. A groove 9 is, formed in the end of the barrel toaccommodate the fuse of the fire-cracker, said fuse passing through thegroove and projecting outside the barrel.

A stop-pin h is attached to the rear end of so that it screw alsoenables the breech-block to be adjusted to compensate for Wear of thereciprocal bearing-surfaces of the breech-block and barrel.

The barrel is provided with longitudinal flanges 1', through whichpasses an axle j, hav- 6o ing wheels 70 k.

I claim In an improved toy cannon, the combina tion, with the barrelprovided with a vent at its rear end a downwardly-proand having jectingflange which is flush with the rear end of the barrel, of a breech-blockand trail formed in close bearing on said flange and 011 the rear end ofthe barrel, and the screw or pivot connecting the breech-block and trailto the flange at a point below the barrel, said pivot being parallelwith the barrel, whereby the breech-block and trail is permitted to movein a lateral direction or at right angles to the barrel, substantiallyas shown and described.

In testimonywhereof I have signed my nam e to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 11th day of January,

GEORGE W. NASII. \Vitnesscs:

C. F. BROWN, \V. C. RAMSAY.

a single piece, said piece having a

